Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!gatech!ut-sally!std-unix From: std-unix@ut-sally.UUCP (Moderator, John Quarterman) Newsgroups: mod.std.unix Subject: Re: umask per directory? Message-ID: <4129@ut-sally.UUCP> Date: Thu, 6-Feb-86 08:08:27 EST Article-I.D.: ut-sally.4129 Posted: Thu Feb 6 08:08:27 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 7-Feb-86 21:31:09 EST Organization: IEEE/P1003 Portable Operating System Environment Committee Lines: 9 Approved: jsq@sally.UUCP Date: Wed, 5 Feb 86 17:43:47 est >From: seismo!harvard!think!mit-eddie!jbs (Jeff Siegal) No one is suggesting "fixing" umask, only adding new capabilities for those who will choose to use it. I personally think that allowing people to choose the way they want to do things, rather than trying to second-guess what will be best. Volume-Number: Volume 5, Number 40